Big claims for Pegasus' Lost Gospel

Published November 10, 2014. By Sarah Shaffi - The Bookseller

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Excitement is building in the national press about a new book which uses a manuscript from the British Library as the basis for claims that Jesus married Mary Magdalene and had two children with her.

The Lost Gospel by Simcha Jacobovici and Barrie Wilson will be released on Wednesday (12th November) by Pegasus. A high-profile press conference will be held on the day of the book’s release, when details about the claims in the book will be revealed.

The book is based on a manuscript known as The Eclesiastical History of Zacharias Rhetor (of Mytilene), which has been with the British Museum and the British Library for nearly 170 years, the Sunday Times reported yesterday (9th November).

The Lost Gospel claims the manuscript names the two children of Jesus and Mary Magdalene.
However the Sunday Times, the first of a number of newspapers to cover the story, said The British Library will not endorse the new book and its conclusions, while the Church of England was also “dismissive” of the book’s claims. A spokesman told the Sunday Times: “It seems another text is discovered every year as a ‘lost gospel’. This appears to share more with Dan Brown than Matthew, Mark, Luke or John.”